N2H+ & CCS abundances in HII star forming regions Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Chen J.L.
  2. Zhang J.S.
  3. Ge J.X.
  4. Wang Y.X.
  5. Yu H.Z.
  6. Zou Y.P.
  7. Yan Y.T.,Wang X.Y.
  8. Wei D.Y.
  9. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Using the Institut de Radioastronomie Millmetrique 30m telescope, we presented observations of N_2_H^+^J=1-0, CCS J_N_=8_7_-7_6_ and 7_7_-6_6_ lines toward a large sample of ultracompact H II regions (UC H IIs). Among our 88 UC H IIs, 87 and 33 sources were detected in the N_2_H^+^J=1-0 and CCS J_N_=8_7_-7_6_ lines, respectively. For the CCS 7_7_-6_6_ transition, we detected emission in 10 out of 82 targeted sources, all of which also exhibited emission in the CCS J_N_=8_7_-7_6_ line. Physical parameters are derived for our detections, including the optical depth and excitation temperature of N_2_H^+^, the rotational temperature of CCS and the column density. Combining our results and previous observation results in different stages of high-mass star-forming regions (HMSFRs), we found that the column density ratio N(N_2_H^+^)/N(CCS) increases from high-mass starless cores through high-mass protostellar cores to UC H IIs. This implies that N(N_2_H^+^)/N(CCS) can trace the evolution process of HMSFRs. It was supported by our gas-grain chemical model, which shows that N(N_2_H^+^)/N(CCS) increases with the evolution age of HMSFRs. The temperature, density and chemical age were also constrained from our best-fit model at each stage. Thus, we propose N(N_2_H^+^)/N(CCS) as a reliable chemical clock of HMSFRs.

Keywords
  1. h-ii-regions
  2. chemical-abundances
  3. molecular-physics
  4. radio-astronomy
  5. star-forming-regions
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2025AJ....170...74C
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2026-05-22T12:20:59Z
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